Managing editor, South Houston

Kelly joined Community Impact Newspaper as a reporter in June 2017 after majoring in print journalism and creative writing at the University of Houston. In March 2019, she transitioned to editor for the Lake Houston-Humble-Kingwood edition and began covering the Spring and Klein area as well in August 2020. In June 2021, Kelly was promoted to South Houston managing editor.

Senior Editor

Jake joined Community Impact in the summer of 2018 to launch the Bay Area edition. Today, he also is editor of the Pearland-Friendswood edition. Before CI, Jake was a reporter for a daily newspaper in southern Wisconsin, where he covered everything from city councils to school boards to cops and courts. He even wrote a weekly column about video games, a hobby he still enjoys. In his freetime, Jake likes to spend time with his wife, Montaya, and two girls, Arcadia and Embry; play the bass, guitar and keys; play Dungeons & Dragons; write fiction and world-build; and longboard.